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- Title
"Le sport glorifié par la guerre": Discours et actions de la presse sur l'essor du football dans l'armée française (1914-1918).
- Authors
Waquet, Arnaud
- Abstract
The article examines the role and influence of French periodicals and newspapers, specialized in sports, in promoting the development of soccer in the French Army from 1914 to 1918. It discusses the relationship between sports and the media in 1914 and several periodicals including "Auto," "Sporting," and "Vie au Grand Air," which were published during World War I and promoted sports and patriotism and provided moral support to soldiers. Topics include the actions of the media in promoting the legitimacy of sports in the French Army, the media's reference to British soldiers as role models, and the media's involvement in sending soccer balls to French soldiers at the battlefront.
- Subjects
FRANCE; MASS media &; sports; SOCCER &; war; MILITARY personnel -- Social aspects; SOCCER; MASS media &; war; FRENCH periodicals; WORLD War I; 20TH century French military history
- Publication
Sport History Review, 2011, Vol 42, Issue 2, p131
- ISSN
1087-1659
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/shr.42.2.131